Lonnie Wheatley, PEORIA, Ariz. (November 16, 2013) – Two full nights of intense Sprint Car and Midget competition atop the 1/3-mile Canyon Speedway Park clay oval have set the stage for Saturday night’s 46th Annual Sands Chevrolet Western World Championships presented by Racers Advantage Store finale.

Eight drivers have locked into both the USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Car and Honda USAC National Midget feature events with the balance of the WWC feature events to be determined in Saturday’s preliminary action that goes green at 7:00 p.m.

With several drivers pulling double-duty, the trio of Brady Bacon, Dave Darland and Bryan Clauson have already locked into both main events.

USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars:

Eight drivers have locked into Saturday night’s Dash that will set the starting lineup for the first four rows including preliminary winners R.J. Johnson and Bryan Clauson. The balance of the field will race through a “C” Main and twin “B” Mains based on total points from heat, qualifying race and feature action on Thursday and Friday night.

Saturday lineups are as follows:

Locked into Saturday’s $7,500-to-win Western World Sprint Car feature:
77m – R.J. Johnson
20 – Bryan Clauson
99 – Brady Bacon
21 – Tracy Hines
4g – Jerry Coons, Jr.
20s – Jon Stanbrough
73 – Dave Darland
74x – Chad Boespflug

C Main (Top 8 Advance to “B” Mains; 1st, 3rd, 5th & 7th to B Main 1 and 2nd, 4th, 6th & 8th to B Main 2):

28 Jacob Hawkins – 29 Mike Bonneau
98 Matt Lundy – 12 Josh Pelkey
9s Johnny Shelton – 60 Steven Harms
5d Dalten Gabbard – 18 Dustin Cormany
12j Josh Grady – 53 Tom Lee
57x James Aragon – 02 Matt Rossi
26 Connor Kassik – 98x Joe Ramaker

First B Main (Top 7 Advance to “A” Main):

77 Casey Shuman – 16 Mike Martin
48 Thomas Ogle – 68 Gary Taylor
20 Shon Deskins – 45 Jason Grady
7m Mike Spencer – 57 Stevie Sussex
5 Tye Mihocko – 6 Ronnie Clark
8 Bob Ream, Jr. – 3x Jimmy Crawford
9 Ryan Linder – 19 Andrew Reinbold
C Main Transfer 1 – C Main Transfer 3
C Main Transfer 5 – C Main Transfer 7

Second B Main (Top 7 Advance to “A” Main):

17m Michael Colegrove – 5v Bradley Terrell
97 Kevin Thomas, Jr. – 11c Michael Curtis
9p Parker Price-Miller – 3F Geoff Ensign
21a Aaron Reutzel – 74 Colby Copeland
41w Rick Ziehl – 50 Charles Davis, Jr.
32b Brian Hosford – 2x Josh Shipley
5x Jody Wirth – 7k Bruce St. James
C Main Transfer 2 – C Main Transfer 4
C Main Transfer 6 – C Main Transfer 8

Honda USAC National Midgets:

With the full field of Midgets racing through a full card of qualifying, heat races and features on both Thursday and Friday, the top eight point earners have locked into Saturday night’s Dash that will set the feature lineup for the initial four rows.

The balance of the field will race through qualifying races that will be lined straight-up according to combined points over both nights and then a “B” Main.

Locked-in drivers include preliminary night winners Christopher Bell and Darren Hagen.

The top eight locked in drivers include:

1. 21 – Christopher Bell
2. 56 – Darren Hagen
3. 99 – Brady Bacon
4. 67k – Rico Abreu
5. 7c – Caleb Armstrong
6. 73 – Dave Darland
7. 39 – Bryan Clauson
8. 24 – Tracy Hines

Saturday’s heat races will be lined up according to points with the balance of the field in the following order:

9. 67 – Tanner Thorson
10. 10 – Brad Kuhn
11. 68 – Ronnie Gardner
12. 7 – Shannon McQueen
13. 91T – Tyler Thomas
14. 57 – Mike Spencer
15. 9p – Parker Price-Miller
16. 51 – R.J. Johnson
17. 3 – Chris Windom
18. 4 – Bobby East
19. 55 – Taylor Ferns
20. 55x – Nick Drake
21. 11a – Andrew Felker
22. 7a – Dalton Armstrong
23. 37 – Trey Marcham
24. 5d – Zach Daum
25. 12 – Josh Pelkey
26. 05 – Jake Swanson
27. 39x – Kyle Edwards
28. 91a – Aaron Reutzel
29. 22az – Rick Shuman
30. 3F – Jerry Coons, Jr.
31. 2 – Levi Roberts
32. 1az – Stevie Sussex
33. 2g – Terry Goodwin

Single day tickets are $25 for Saturday’s Western World Championships finale.

Detailed Western World Championships ticket information and pricing is available at http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/tickets/the-45th-annual-western-world-championships/.

Tickets may be ordered by calling the track at 602-258-RACE (7223).

Canyon Speedway Park is located in north Peoria, AZ, off Lake Pleasant Parkway, then 1.3 miles west on Carefree Highway. For more information, contact the track at 602-258-RACE (7223) or check online at www.canyonspeedwaypark.com.